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HMS 'Victory' Anchored off the Isle of Wight

John Wilson Carmichael (1799–1868)

National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

HMS 'Victory' Anchored off the Isle of Wight

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This painting is of HMS 'Victory', anchored off St Helens, Isle of Wight upon her return to England 4th December 1806, having sailed from Gibraltar on 3rd November after a temporary refit following the damage she received at Trafalgar. Vice Admiral Nelson's body is aboard, preserved in a coffin made of part of the mainmast of the French Flagship 'L'Orient', which blew up at the Battle of the Nile. HMS 'Victory' remained at St Helens until preparations for the state funeral has been completed, when she sailed for Sheerness.

After the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805, HMS 'Victory' arrived in Portsmouth with the body of Vice Admiral Viscount Nelson on 4 December 1805. The ship was escorted back by HMS 'Belleisle' and HMS 'Bellerophon'.

National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Title

HMS 'Victory' Anchored off the Isle of Wight

Date

1847

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 148 x W 202 cm

Accession number

1973/76

Acquisition method

gift, 1973

Work type

Painting

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John Wilson Carmichael

1799–1868

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